Chapel



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解释

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• n.小教堂或房间
• ［英］ n.小教堂或房间 ( small building used for Christian worship)
• ［例］ a college chapel

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French chapele, from Medieval Latin cappella, from diminutive of Late Latin cappa cloak; from the cloak of Saint Martin of Tours preserved as a sacred relic in a chapel built for that purpose
• Date: 13th century
• 1. a subordinate or private place of worship: as
  • a. a place of worship serving a residence or institution
  • b. a small house of worship usually associated with a main church
  • c. a room or recess in a church for meditation and prayer or small religious services
• 2. a place of worship used by a Christian group other than an established church nonconformist chapel
• 3. a choir of singers belonging to a chapel
• 4. a chapel service or assembly at a school or college
• 5. an association of the employees in a printing office
• 6.
  • a. funeral home
  • b. a room for funeral services in a funeral home

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